Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R1557 KSM-F
2	2	By: Davis of Dallas H.C.R. No. 43
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5	5	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
6	6	WHEREAS, Among the most urgent issues facing Texas is
7	7	recurrent prolonged drought that results in a diminished water
8	8	supply, and new strategies need to be developed and implemented to
9	9	ensure that Texas can meet its future water demands; and
10	10	WHEREAS, Purifying and recycling treated effluent has been a
11	11	successful approach for providing additional clean, safe drinking
12	12	water supplies; Big Spring has implemented such a project, and
13	13	others are planned for El Paso and San Angelo, as well as for the
14	14	Laguna Madre Water District; and
15	15	WHEREAS, Of the 16 water planning districts in Texas, Region
16	16	C, which includes the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and serves more
17	17	than 25 percent of the state's population, has one of the largest
18	18	projected demands for new water supplies, and several cities in the
19	19	region have the ability to develop a model project that would purify
20	20	and recycle significant amounts of treated effluent into water for
21	21	drinking and other household uses; and
22	22	WHEREAS, An advanced purification plant could provide a
23	23	crucial new supply of water to a number of water planning regions in
24	24	Texas; and
25	25	WHEREAS, The development of a direct potable-water model
26	26	project in conjunction with the use of renewable energy
27	27	technologies could provide an excellent opportunity for public
28	28	education on direct water reuse and renewable energy; and
29	29	WHEREAS, The creation of a direct potable-water project in
30	30	Region C has the potential to yield a sufficient water supply to
31	31	area residents while alleviating the depletion of already scarce
32	32	resources, and the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas
33	33	Commission on Environmental Quality should provide funding,
34	34	authorizations, and technical assistance to aid in that endeavor;
35	35	now, therefore, be it
36	36	RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas
37	37	hereby direct the Texas Water Development Board and the Texas
38	38	Commission on Environmental Quality to assist the Region C Water
39	39	Planning Group in the creation of a large-scale direct
40	40	potable-water recycling and reuse project as a model for the state;
41	41	and, be it further
42	42	RESOLVED, That the board and the commission seek federal
43	43	funds or use available state funds or loan programs to assist with
44	44	the creation of a direct potable-water recycling facility in Region
45	45	C; and, be it further
46	46	RESOLVED, That the board and the commission encourage the use
47	47	of renewable energy sources and the development of educational
48	48	programs along with the potable-water recycling and reuse project;
49	49	and, be it further
50	50	RESOLVED, That the board include the creation of a direct
51	51	potable-water recycling facility in Region C as a priority for
52	52	support pursuant to Section 16.1311, Water Code; and, be it further
53	53	RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official
54	54	copies of this resolution to the chair and the executive
55	55	administrator of the Texas Water Development Board and to the chair
56	56	and the executive director of the Texas Commission on Environmental
57	57	Quality.